diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/actables.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/actables.h
index 7755e915a007a9aec4ecefce08f2bfdceb7b2a7f..917315ec21dda3f272e88ca61fcb5b845aa31457 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/actables.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/actables.h
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 
 acpi_status acpi_allocate_root_table(u32 initial_table_count);
 
+/*
+ * tbxfroot - Root pointer utilities
+ */
+u8 *acpi_tb_scan_memory_for_rsdp(u8 *start_address, u32 length);
+
 /*
  * tbfadt - FADT parse/convert/validate
  */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
index 7c2ecfb7c2c37dbb448e7703d2689d994fe8931f..e76ed0f078265becd5942fc70ac2e21b85d013fa 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("tbxfroot")
 
 /* Local prototypes */
-static u8 *acpi_tb_scan_memory_for_rsdp(u8 * start_address, u32 length);
-
 static acpi_status acpi_tb_validate_rsdp(struct acpi_table_rsdp *rsdp);
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_size *table_address)
  * DESCRIPTION: Search a block of memory for the RSDP signature
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
-static u8 *acpi_tb_scan_memory_for_rsdp(u8 * start_address, u32 length)
+u8 *acpi_tb_scan_memory_for_rsdp(u8 *start_address, u32 length)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 	u8 *mem_rover;